The official death toll from the quake, which struck in mid-January, now stands at a staggering 230,000.

The proceeds of the single will be split between the Disasters Emergency Committee and the Helping Haiti appeal, which is being run by The Sun newspaper.

American group REM, who released the original track in 1993, aren't taking any royalty payments from the single, while the British government is donating the tax from any sales to boost the fund-raising effort.